Donghuang Ziji

Chapter 890 Eighteen Relics

At this time, Maitreya was outside the Little Leiyin Temple in Xiaoxitian, watching the yellow-browed boy fighting with the incarnation of Sun Wukong inside.

Maitreya had met the incarnation of Sun Wukong once before and taught him a secret method that could restrain Huang Mei's many methods. No matter how Huang Mei used the power of his nose, he could hardly interfere with the monkey head.

"The Tathagata cannot be killed by common sense."

Chu Tai's voice rang in Maitreya's ears. The Bodhisattva turned back to look at Chu Tai, clasped his hands together and said, "What is the Buddha going to do?"

Maitreya, who had seen the Three Buddhas system on Lingshan Mountain, knew very well that he could surpass Chu Tai in depth of Buddhist practice, but he would definitely be inferior to the other in breadth.

At the same time, the Buddha's light flowing above Lingshan Mountain that saves all living beings is enough for him to call the other party "World Honored One".

"The Tathagata Buddha left behind a backup plan, which is eighteen relics. Three of them are kept in Lingshan, representing the past, present and future Buddhas. Three are in the Heavenly Palace, representing the Three Treasures of Buddha, Dharma and Sangha."

"His reincarnation carries ten fundamental relics on his body, which correspond to his ten titles: Tathagata, Worthy of Offerings, Perfectly Enlightened, Well-Gone, Knower of the World, Supreme One, Tamer of Men, Teacher of Gods and Men, and Buddha, and are also the foundation of all his fruits of the path."

"As for the last two, one is with me. As for the last one."

A relic appeared in Chu Tai's palm, and then he looked at the monkey inside that had defeated Huang Mei, and said, "It's in the monkey's body."

"There shouldn't be anything left on Wukong..."

Maitreya was halfway through his speech when he suddenly thought of something and whispered, "Buddha, do you mean the golden hoop?"

"That's not the case. The golden hoop is just an appearance. Or the power of the golden hoop to suppress the monkey's original body comes from the relic, but the relic is not the golden hoop."

A bright light appeared in Chu Tai's eyes. Seeing the many changes in the present and the past, he has understood many secrets.

Miroku, who was not aware of this, asked, "What is that?"

"It's Kong. And the one in my hand is Xiang."

"The so-called appearance is nothing but a combination of the four elements. Although it contains many magical powers and has infinite mysteries, it only stops at the two words "color and appearance" and cannot be empty. If you continue to comprehend, you will only fall into the lower level."

At this point, Chu Tai sneered. He actually understood what Tathagata Buddha was thinking. He thought that his life span was limited, so he wanted to use the relic to delay time.

And although that guy left behind eighteen relics as a backup, he didn't actually need eighteen relics when he really came back. With ten relics on him, he could recover most of his magic power at any time.

Those eighteen relics were essentially his attempt to go a step further.

And now Chu Tai pointed them out one by one and told the mystery and trap of the relics on Wukong's body.

"If there is no color to match the way of nothingness, it is difficult for ordinary people to enter, let alone comprehend it. Tathagata uses the golden hoop as a surface to circle the nothingness, just like the diamond cutter of Taishang Laojun. The essence of the circle is nothing more than the appearance. The core lies in the way of nothingness in the circle."

Hearing this, Maitreya was thoughtful.

"Wukong, Wukong, what a vicious idea! If this monkey wants to take off the golden hoop, he needs to see through the stubborn void and understand Wukong."

"But when he became Wukong, he fell back into a state of emptiness with nowhere to land. However, the relic symbolizes emptiness, but it has a manifestation in reality. It can be integrated into the void and become its foothold..." At this point, Maitreya paused, and seeing that Chu Tai did not refute, he said: "When the two are combined, it is hard to say whether the returning Wukong is this monkey or that guy Tathagata."

"But now his plan has completely failed. The past, present and future Buddha systems have been occupied by my power. The corresponding relics are also under my control. I can give them to you."

"Then the Dongtian Palace will also fall into my hands. You can also receive the relics that symbolize the Three Treasures of Buddha, Dharma and Sangha. In this way, you will have seven relics in your hands."

Upon hearing this, Maitreya's eyes lit up and he said, "If we get another empty relic from Wukong, we will have eight, only two less than Tathagata."

"No, don't even think about taking Wukong's relic. Just let him digest it on his own. Seven relics are enough for you to digest. You already have the title of Future Buddha. You can also condense Tathagata No. 10 on Lingshan Mountain to condense relics and achieve your own status."

"Once you have the seventeen relics, you can replace Tathagata and kill me, taking over his destiny. I will erode his destiny and status bit by bit. I don't believe he can sit still."

Chu Tai's words shocked Maitreya, who said, "The Buddha saved the Western Regions with great compassion. Although I have the title of Future Buddha, according to the current state of the world, I have no chance of inheriting it..."

Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Chu Tai, who directly pointed out that the Zhenwu Emperor of Dongtian would inherit the throne of the Emperor of Heaven in the near future, and pointed out that he could not stay in the current time period for too long.

"If you really have a heart, please maintain order in heaven and earth after I leave, so that all living beings can live a better life."

Chu Tai glanced at Huang Mei, who was forced to flee from the Little Leiyin Temple by the monkey, and turned back to Maitreya and said, "It looks like it's time for you to make your debut."

After saying that, Chu Tai was wrapped in a ray of spiritual light and left Xiao Xitian, heading towards the Flaming Mountain. Something had just happened and he was needed to solve it.

The Flaming Mountain is also a peculiar place. It is because when the Monkey King made trouble in Heaven, he kicked over Laozi's Eight Trigrams Furnace, causing a brick to fall into the human world, contaminate the earth's veins, and ignite the vital energy, creating this environment where people are surrounded by flames all year round.

In the past, this place was just desolate, but now it is full of countless wronged souls.

Many monks were deceived into coming here to seek the path to ascension through fire. After their physical bodies perished, their souls were trapped in the flames, unable to find peace.

The spiritual energy generated by their struggle and practice was carefully collected by the land here, and used as material for future offerings to the Heavenly Palace.

The cattle and horse goblins in the mountains were now on high alert, confronting many child-like monsters.

The leader of the cow and horse monsters, the Bull Demon King, was seriously injured at this moment, half revealing his original form, lying in a valley.

Beside the Bull Demon King, there was the Samadhi True Fire burning, but whenever the fire showed signs of getting close to the Bull Demon King, it would be suppressed by a gust of wind.

"Red Boy, what do you want to do?"

Princess Iron Fan stood in front of the Bull Demon King holding a palm-leaf fan, confronting her own child.

Red Boy's eyes were red as he stared at the fairy in front of him and roared, "I want to avenge my Yaksha clan!"

"Revenge? What revenge? You are the child of me and your father, the product of the union of a bull demon and a Rakshasa woman. What relationship do you have with the Yaksha clan?"

Princess Iron Fan was so angry that she waved the palm leaf fan in her hand fiercely and scolded: "Did you see something in the previous illusion?"

(End of this chapter)